WCS America Season 1 Challenger League

Brackets and standings on Liquipedia

Interviews by monk and digmouse.

Following our award winning series of interviews with Challenger League players from the Anglosphere (Part 1, Part 2), we've decided to widen our scope and look to an oft overlooked part of the SC2 scene: China. With some help from digmouse, we tracked down the Chinese players competing WCS America and tried to find out a little more about them.

*Interview was performed a while back, so some answers could be dated.

ZOO.TOP

Please introduce yourself!
Hi everyone, I'm Top from the Chinese progaming team Zenith of Origin.

How did you decide on your ID?
I used a Chinese ID back when I started playing Starcraft II. After I joined an amateur clan, the captain said "you should get an English ID", so I choose this.

Name some movie titles that describe your style:
A Better Tomorrow




Most notable accomplishment/Proudest moment in SC2:
WCS 2012 China Nationals 3rd place. It was my first offline major event and I was proud to make it to the Winner's Finals.

Your biggest strengths and weaknesses as a player?
The strength is probably that I'm in the shadows, I can't be read and prepared against. My weakness is the lack of experience.

What SC2 unit represents you best, and why?
Immortal, I'm a frontal assault kinda guy.

Who is your favorite player and why?
Movie from BW, and Bisu.

One thing you would change about StarCraft II.
Reapers require Tech Lab.

Form a team with any other 5 players, not including those currently on your team.
Jim, Loner, Infi, XiGua, XY.

Who will win Season 1 of WCS AM, EU, and KR?
There are too many strong players in the KR region, can't really decide. I'm not very familiar with a lot of players in AM and EU, so I'd rather not say about that.

If you could play in WCS America or Europe without lag, which would you pick?
I would choose EU if that were the case.

How many years would it take for China to become the best in the world at StarCraft II if it were an Olympic sport?
At least a couple of years, the gap is simply too big.

What did you think of your last match against c.KiLLeR in WCS Challenger?
My last match? Made too many mistakes in that match. I wasn't in a good shape, but luckily I stabilized in game 2. I think my opponent's mindset was messed up in game 3, so I won.

Prospects on next match against LG-IM_Fenix?
Aiming to win, duh.

Favorite food: 周黑鸭(Zhou's black duck)

Flash or Jaedong? Flash.
Cats or dogs? Dogs.
Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi.
Soap or body wash? Soap.

What does the little square piece at the top left of this do?
+ Show Spoiler +

Can you tell me what this is?
+ Show Spoiler +

What would you put inside this device?
+ Show Spoiler +

iG.Jim

Please introduce yourself.
Hi guys, I'm Jim from Invictus Gaming. I'm 18 years old.

What is the origin of your ID?
It was my English name when I was in elementary school.

Name some movie titles that describe your style.
I actually don't know.

Most notable accomplishment/Proudest moment in SC2?
G-League 2013 champion, the rest are quite blank, nothing to be proud at.

Your biggest strengths and weaknesses as a player?
I'm good at micro wars, but some weird timings might mess up my game flow.

What SC2 unit represents you best, and why?
Immortal.

Who is your favorite player and why?
Rain, I like his style. Actually I learned from him a lot last year at WCS watching him practice.

One thing you would change about StarCraft II.
Speedvacs, they are too fast.

Form a team with any other 5 players, not including those currently on your team.
Life, Rain, INnoVation, Soulkey, PartinG

Who will win Season 1 of WCS AM, EU, KR?
viOlet, Stephano and INnoVation.

If you could play in AM or EU without lag, which would you pick?
I'm fine with both, as long I'm good enough I'll make it through.

How many years would it take for China to become the best in the world at StarCraft II if it were an Olympic sport?
Should be pretty fast, China will improve quickly.

What did you think of your last match again Oz?
I'm actually quite pressured playing Oz, being PvP means you lose if you are not careful for one second, so I tried to play solid in that match.

Prospects on next match against ViBE?
Advance by 2-0, I like playing against Zergs.

Favorite food: Hotpot.
Flash or Jaedong? Flash.
Cats or dogs? Dogs.
Coke or pepsi? Coke.
Soap or body wash? Body wash.

What does the little square piece at the top left of this do?
+ Show Spoiler +

Can you tell me what this is?
+ Show Spoiler +

What would you put inside this device?
+ Show Spoiler +

Interviews: digmouse and monk.
Graphics: shiroiusagi
Editors: monk and Waxangel.